Great Expectations

by Dickens, Charles; Cardwell, Margaret; Flint, Kate

• ISBN13: 9780192829269
• ISBN10: 0192829262
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-03-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

With a new introduction and notes, this edition of Great Expectations offers new insights into one of Dickens's most fascinating and disturbing novels. Charting the progess of Pip from childhood to adulthood, Dickens shows the dangers of being driven by a desire for wealth and social status. As Pip moves from the Kent marshes to busy, commercial London, encountering many extraordinary characters--from Magwitch, the escaped convict, to Miss Havisham, a woman locked up with her past--he is confronted with the challenge of establishing a sense of his own identity and values contrary to the plans others have for him.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Chronology of Charles Dickens's Life and Work	p. xv
Historical Context of Great Expectations	p. xvii
Great Expectations	p. 1
The Original Ending of Great Expectations	p. 599
Notes	p. 601
Interpretive Notes	p. 614
Critical Excerpts	p. 621
Questions for Discussion	p. 631
Suggestions for the Interested Reader	p. 633
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